Improved wash-board



lnited tang @anni @Wire Letters .Patent No. 94,551,

dated Septmnber, 1869.

To all whom'it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WILLIAM BELLUs :nid C. BOWERS, of Fredonia, in the county of Licking, and State of Ohio, have invented et new and improved W'ash-Board; and* We do hereby declare that the following is at full, clar, and exact description thereof', which will enable others skilled in the art to make and .use the same, reference being had 'to the accompanjf'- ing drawings, formingr part of this specification.

The object of this invention is toprovide u, more simple and durable construction of Wash-boards than the present arrangement of them.

The invention consists in forming the metallic rubbing-surfaces by placing n sheet of zinc or other suitable metel on n, Wood base, :tud driving large roundheeded tacks through the same into the board, so that the round or oval heads, together with the sheet-metal plate, form the rubbing-snrice, all as hereinafter more fully specilied.

Figure l represents e front lelevation of our improved washboard, and i Figure 2 represents a longitudinal sectional eleva` I tion oi the same'. v i

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding l parts. A represents a. piece of board, of suitable size Aand i shape for the base of the wash-board.

B, e sheet of zinc or other metal, of the same size and shape.

l) represents rivets, with large round or oval heads With 'which we secure the two together, arranging the saidtacks in regular order, at suitable distances apart, over the whole surface of the sheet B. These tackheads Ina-ke an uneven surface well adapted for the rubbing-surice for washing.

The hoardthus made may be provided with suit able side and top rails D, and with a. recess, E, at the top.

This construction is very simple and cheap, and it provides a. very dura-ble board. The tacks should also be of zinc or other non-corrosive metal.

Having thus described our invention,

What we elaini as new, and d esire to secure by Letters Patent, is'h The Wash-board, constructed with a. wood base, A, and a. sheet-nieta] platt-e, B, riveted by tacks C, haring large round or oval heads, and arranged as specified.

WM. BELLUS. C. BOVERS.

Witnesses z I. WRIGHT, CHARLES SAXTON. 

